Glutaredoxins: Glutathione-Dependent Redox Enzymes with Functions Far Beyond a Simple Thioredoxin Backup System

Antioxidants and Redox Signaling

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 63-74

  Fernandes, Aristi Potamitou ^a   Holmgren, Arne ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

3' PHOSPHOADENYLYLSULFATE REDUCTASE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE; DISULFIDE; DITHIOL DERIVATIVE; GLUTAREDOXIN; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PROTEIN GRX1; PROTEIN GRX2; PROTEIN GRX3; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASE; SULFUR; THIOREDOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; BINDING SITE; CELL FUNCTION; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME MECHANISM; MAMMAL CELL; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PKA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0348230942     PISSN: 15230864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/152308604771978354     Document Type: Review

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